Jammu, August 7: Mehbooba Mufti, president of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and former chief minister, urged party members on Monday to prepare to run in the upcoming Panchayat and Urban Local Bodies’ elections and focus instead on serving the people.
At a gathering of local employees, she levelled these charges on the BJP, calling its “claims of normalcy in J&K” “hollow.” “BJP failed to fulfil its campaign pledges in Jammu and Kashmir. To attack the Gandhi, Abdullah, and Mufti families, party leaders have dredged up the “Parivarvaad” scare tactic since they have nothing constructive to offer the country. She gushed about the Gandhis and said that they would never bring up issues like unemployment or inflation since they had nothing to give the public.
They (the BJP leaders) are boasting that two billion visitors would visit India this year, claiming that young people now use computers rather than stones. We have serious doubts about these assertions. Then they start praising the G20 for a job well done. “They are trumpeting the AIIMS, the tunnels, and the roads that the previous regime at the Centre approved in the name of development,” Mehbooba charged.
